Refusal to Run for President Through History
A compact review traces how leaders from Roosevelt to Coolidge and Grant navigated third-term questions. It cites Roosevelt in 1904 and 1927, Coolidge in 1927, Grant’s late second term, T. Roosevelt’s 1912 bid, and Dewey’s 1942 gubernatorial pledge, illustrating shifting party dynamics and constitutional constraints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Congress
Calvin Coolidge
South Dakota
Justice Tait
Coolidge
Republican National Committee
Senate
W. T. Sherman
Sherman
Tke Barkis
David Copperfield
Willin
James G. Blaine
Grant
T. Roosevelt
F. D. Roosevelt
White House
Thomas
Dewey
New York
Twenty Years Ago Highlights and Local Notes
George Q. Stowe earns state foreman status in road maintenance and begins duties near Waterford. Mrs. J. D. Murray injures ankle in a fall at home on Mott Street. H. M. Reich Co adds a shoe department after taking Ray stores stock. Frame building next to Grand Theatre razed, owned by the Masonic Fraternity. Mrs Gertrude Darrow showcases roses from her Second Ward yard. Miss Marjorie Sullivan hosts a surprise birthday bridge party on West Pleasant Street. Wayne Homer Frailey, 19, of Shelocta, dies in a head-on crash with a truck on Route 8 near Butler.
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J. D. Murray
Mott Street
Gertrude Darrow
Gold Street
Marjorie Sullivan
West Pleasant Street
Butler
Wayne Homer Frailey
Shelocta
Indiana County
Route 8
How's Your L 2 A Quiz Prompt From Classified Page
A set of ten questions tests memory and deduction. Topics range from deciduous trees and arachnid scorpions to historical figures, literature, and wordplay. Includes scores and monthly average tracking with a hint to turn to Classified Page for answers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Jackson
Hebrides
United States
Toby Belch
Ex-Police Chief Acquitted in Confluence Murder Trial
Ned Hoyt, former Confluence police chief, was acquitted by a 12 member jury of the May 1 street shooting deaths of Wallace Conway, 51, and son Donald Conway, 30. Hoyt said he is through with police work. The trial in Somerset concluded with Hoyt declared innocent by the jury yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset
Confluence
Ned Hoyt
Wallace Conway
Donald Conway
ERIE GAS WAR NEARS END AS PRICES QUIET
ERIE September 25 The Erie gas war, a decade long skirmish, appears near end with only one major distributor sticking to summer price cuts. Regular gasoline had fluctuated from 19.9 cents to about 26 cents per gallon as dealers restore margins after big oil firms raised tank truck prices last week triggering a local price hike. The war proved a focal chain reaction as stations followed the price trend through the weekend.
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Erie
Tax collection in Mayville on gas line mortgage
County clerk reports a large mortgage tax of 15 046 dollars collected in Mayville on a nine million dollar Tennessee Gas Transmission bond issue to First National Bank of Chicago and trustee Gil lies. The tax is statewide and will benefit townships along the new gas line as the mortgage was recorded first here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayville
Tennessee Gas Transmission Company
Fuish National Bank of Chicago
Coll Gillies
Clark Nathaniel ¥. Ellioth
Gasoline Prices Rise Amid War Time Discounts
Several firms maintained the same base price while offering a voluntary discount at their retail outlets during the war. Last week consumers paid about 23.9 cents per gallon for regular gasoline. Now the average is between 25.9 and 26.9 cents, with Premium Baseline around two cents higher.
State apportions funds to several towns in the state
The notice indicates funds or an allotment will be apportioned to several towns in the state. The text references a lengthy legal document noted as a 45 page book-like paper, identified with a garbled label.
Mortgage Record Across Counties Described as Pleminet al Indenture
A description notes the term plemiental Indenture referring to the twelfth mortgage recorded in county offices nationwide. The note frames the document as part of a chain of deeds and property liens across multiple jurisdictions.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Corry Evening Journal
Corry
Thiessen
North Center Street
George Q. Stowe
State Highway Department
Concord Township
Waterford
H. M. Reich Company
The
Reich Co
Ray
Grand Theatre
Masonic Fraternity
Firestone
Barney’s Firestone
South Center ST
Leeds
Corry’s
LEED
Lorrain
Helen
Prical
Lorraine
Lorraine For Children
Goyms
Lorraine Cute
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